In the frame

What a sad story is Roz Chast's mem­oir (“Drawn out”, Jul 12-13), yet she has ap­proached it with hu­mour. We should all try to re­spect and love our par­ents be­fore it is too late. When most of us are grow­ing up, we have this idea that we know more than they do, and also that they will be with us for­ever. Not so.